Changes coming to Books by Mail: Starting in fall 2025, Books by Mail items will only be shipped to addresses in the contiguous United States 50 miles or further from campus. We will make exceptions for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. Learn more

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July 10, 2025

Coffee with a Codex: Coins in Leeds

For Coffee With a Codex on July 10, Dot Porter will be at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, UK. While there she'll look at coins with Lucy Moore, Associate Curator of Numismatic and Object Collections at the Leeds University Library.

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
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July 17, 2025

Coffee with a Codex: On the Spirit and the Soul

For Coffee With a Codex on July 17, Dot Porter will bring out a 15th century Italian manuscript of treatise De spiritu et anima, erroneously attributed to St. Augustine (actually written by Alcherus of Clairvaux).

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
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